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Executions Search
In the 1800's and earlier our ancestors were executed for even minor crimes.
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In the 1800's and earlier you could be institutionalized for a wide variety of things:
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Prisons
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Many of our ancestors went to prisons for minor offenses.
My own Canadian ancestor went to Kingston Penetentiary in
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Executions
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